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PATENT GEORGE A. ELLIS, OF GARDNER, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO SETHHEYVVOOD, HENRY HEYWOQD, GEORGE HEYW'OOD, ALVIX M. GREEN- IVOOD, ANDAMOS MORRILL, OF NEWV YORK, N. Y.

' CANOPY-STANDARD FOR CHILDRENS CARRiAGES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 295,116, dated March11, 1884.

Application filed April 21, isea. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE A. ELLIS, of Gardner, Vv'orcester county,State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful improvement inCanopy-Supports for Childrens Carriages; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same,reference being had to the accompanying sheet of drawings, forming partof this specification.

This invention is in the nature of an improvement in canopy-supports forchildrens carriages; and the invention consists in two canopy supportssecured at their lower ends to the body of the carriage by means ofballand-soeket joints, and at their upper ends to the sides of a canopyby means of hinges or other suitable flexible joints.

vrtical or otherwise.

In the accompanying sheet of drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation ofmy invention. Fig. 2 is a back View, partly in section. Fig. 3 is adetail or plan view.

Similarletters ofreferenoe indicate like parts in the several figures.

The purpose of this invention is to provide means to support a canopy ona childs carriage, so that the canopy may be made to-assome and be fixedat any given position or angle easily and without expensive mechanism.As is well known, numerous devices for this purpose have been made andpatented; but they are all more or less expensive, difficult to adjust,and the extent of their adjustment extremelylimited or confined to abackward or forward movement only. Bymy invention, however, the canopycan be made to assume any or almost anyposition from the For thatpurpose I construct the standard A of two bars, of any suitablematerial. To the lower ends of each of these bars are fixed spheres B,and to their upper ends pivots a, hinges, or any other convenientflexible joints. To these pivots or hinges is secured, at its sides, thecanopy C. To the sides b of the carriage-body, or the upper edgesthereof, are fixed brackets D. These brackets are in two parts, 0 and d,the one part being hinged to the other at e, and each bracket isprovided with a clampingscrew, f, at the parts opposite the hinges. Eachpart c and d of these brackets has formed for the purpose describec opycan be made to assume avertical position.

or be moved to the front or rear of a vertical position, or be inclinedsidewise, as is shown in Fig. 2, or otherwise be adjusted to meet allthe requirements of a sunshade or rain-protector; and in whicheverposition the standards and canopy are placed, they are fixed in suchposition by simply turning the screws f, which at once clamp the spheresB in the brackets D tightly. As the spheres B at the ends of. thestandards turn in the brackets in the manner hereinbefore described, toenable the canopy to assume a sidewise position, the pivots or hinges a,by which the canopy is fixed to the upper ends of the standards,likewise turn or yield and permit the canopy to be carried over with thestandards.

It will be found in practice that the screws f can be so adjusted as tocause just friction enough between the surfaces of the spheres B and thecavities within the brackets D to enable the standards to be readilymoved in any desired position, and to remain in such position withoutnecessitating the further tightening up of the screw.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

An adjustable support for canopies of carriages, consisting of the twostandards A, pivoted at the sides of the canopy, and having the spheresB at their lower ends, combined with the two brackets D on thecarriage-body, each consisting of the hinged parts 0 and (if, havinghemispherical cavities to form sockets for the spheres on the ends ofthe standards, and clamping-screws f, substantially as and GEO. A.ELLIS. Viitnesses:

WILLIAM W. PnELrs,

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